Woodley vs Maia

Who won Woodley vs Maia?

Tyron Woodley beat Demian Maia by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 214, on Saturday 29th July 2017 at Honda Center in Anaheim.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Tyron Woodley.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

This contest was for the UFC welterweight championship.

Woodley vs Maia stats

Tyron Woodley stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Demian Maia made his way to the cage with a record of 25 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 12 by submission.

Tyron Woodley's UFC record stood at 9-5-1, while Demian Maia's came in at 22-10-0.

The stats suggested Woodley had a large advantage in power over Maia, boasting a 41% knock out percentage over Maia's 12%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Maia had a large advantage over Woodley, boasting a 48% submission rate over Woodley's 24%.

Tyron Woodley was the younger man by 4 years, at 42 years old.

Maia had a height advantage of 4 inches over Woodley. Despite this, he had 2-inch reach advantage.

Woodley was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 10 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 7 years and 4 months later than Maia, whose first professional fight was in 2001. He had fought 23 less professional rounds, 70 to Maia's 93.

Woodley vs Maia form

Demian Maia had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Lyman Good at UFC on ESPN+ 2 on 2nd February 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste, Fortaleza, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had lost to Kamaru Usman at UFC Fight Night 129 on 19th May 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Movistar Arena, Santiago, Chile.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Colby Covington at UFC Fight Night 119 on 28th October 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Before that, he had been defeated by Tyron Woodley at UFC 214 on 29th July 2017 by unanimous decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

He had beaten Jorge Masvidal at UFC 211 on 13th May 2017 by split decision in their 3 round contest at American Airlines Center, Dallas.

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Woodley's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 8 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5 rounds on average.

Maia's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 11 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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